Shloka 44
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
यावद् इत्थं स विप्रर्षिस् तां ब्रवीति सुमध्यमाम् तावद् गलत्स्वेदजला सा बभूवातिवेपथुः
yāvad itthaṃ sa viprarṣis tāṃ bravīti sumadhyamām tāvad galatsvedajalā sā babhūvātivepathuḥ
While that brahmin-sage spoke to the fair-waisted lady in this manner, she—her sweat streaming down—became seized with intense trembling.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya); within the scene, the referenced speaker is a vipra-ṛṣi addressing a woman
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It signals a decisive emotional and moral turning-point in the episode—her inner state reacts immediately to the sage’s words, marking the gravity of what is being communicated.
Parāśara often embeds moral causality within vivid narrative moments: a brief line of dialogue is followed by a bodily or emotional response, reinforcing dharma and consequence in a memorable way.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a verse, the Vishnu Purana frames these events under Vishnu’s sovereign order—human actions and reactions unfold within a cosmos sustained by the Supreme Reality (Vishnu).